@d: "When I got home today I noticed the spike on my Ascocentrum miniatum was folded over.  I was pretty bummed because this
was the first time I have ever gotten it to bloom again.  Has anyone else ever had this happen?
It was hanging from another plant basket.  I have a big staghorn fern in a cedar basket that hangs from the edge of my
roof.  It looked like the ants were coming down off the roof, down the staghorn fern and onto the orchid.  I sprayed em
with some orothene spray (nearest thing at the time) and took a couple of pictures.
Do you guys think the spike will survive?  What can I do to prevent this?
Here is a picture where you can see the hole, its about half way or more through the spike:
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Here is a picture where you can kinda see the whole plant, and the now bent over spike.  
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Dustin"
    @d: "They were in there chewing on it when I walked up and noticed it.  My
first thought was squirrel, but there is little doubt it was ants.
Dustin
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    @d: "Some of the flowers opened up today even with the damge.  Its completely
bent in half now.
Dustin
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